Fanny vs. Bum — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Fanny and Bum
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Fanny
(Slang) The buttocks.
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Bum
A tramp; a vagrant.
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Fanny
Chiefly British Vulgar Slang The female genitals.
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Bum
A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
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Fanny
The female genitalia.
Her dress was so short you could nearly see her fanny.
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Bum
An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person
The batter called the pitcher a bum.
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Fanny
The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms.
Children, sit down on your fannies, and eat your lunch.
Get off your fanny and get back to work!
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Bum
One who spends a lot of time doing a particular recreational activity
A beach bum.
A ski bum.
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Fanny
Sexual intercourse with a woman.
Get some fanny tonight
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Bum
The buttocks.
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Fanny
Women viewed as sexual objects.
This club is full of fanny.
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Bum
To live by begging and scavenging from place to place. Often used with around.
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Fanny
Mess kettle or cooking pot.
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Bum
To pass time idly; loaf. Often used with around.
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Fanny
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
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Bum
(Informal) To be depressed, disheartened, or dismayed
After our team lost the championship, we were bumming.
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Fanny
External female sex organs;
In England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals
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Bum
To acquire by begging; cadge.
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Bum
(Informal) To depress, dishearten, or dismay. Often used with out.
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Bum
Inferior; worthless
Gave me bum advice.
Did a bum job of fixing the car.
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Bum
Disabled; malfunctioning
A bum shoulder.
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Bum
Unfavorable or unfair
Got a bum deal on my final grade for the course.
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Bum
Unpleasant; lousy
Had a bum time at the party.
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Bum
The buttocks.
Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.
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Bum
The anus.
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Bum
A homeless person, usually a man.
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Bum
A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
Fred is becoming a bum - he's not even bothering to work more than once a month.
That mechanic's a bum - he couldn't fix a yo-yo.
That guy keeps interrupting the concert. Throw the bum out!
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Bum
A player or racer who often performs poorly.
Trade him to another team, he's a bum!
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Bum
(colloquial) A drinking spree.
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Bum
(dated) A humming noise.
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Bum
(obsolete) A bumbailiff.
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Bum
To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
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Bum
To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
Can I bum a cigarette off you?
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Bum
To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.
I think I'll just bum around downtown for awhile until dinner.
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Bum
To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
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Bum
To depress; to make unhappy.
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Bum
(intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
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Bum
(UK) An expression of annoyance.
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Bum
Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
Bum note
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Bum
Unfair.
Bum deal
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Bum
Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
I can't play football anymore on account of my bum knee.
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Bum
Unpleasant or unhappy.
He had a bum trip on that mescaline.
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Bum
The buttock.
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Bum
A humming noise.
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Bum
To make murmuring or humming sound.
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Bum
To borrow without intention of returning; to cadge; as, to bum a cigarette; to bum a cup of coffee; - usually with inexpensive items as the object.
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Bum
A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
Only a rotter would do that
Kill the rat
Throw the bum out
You cowardly little pukes!
The British call a contemptible person a `git'
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Bum
A disreputable vagrant;
A homeless tramp
He tried to help the really down-and-out bums
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Bum
Person who does no work;
A lazy bum
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Bum
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
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Bum
Ask for and get free; be a parasite
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Bum
Be lazy or idle;
Her son is just bumming around all day
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Bum
Of very poor quality
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